Ind. Code § 5-1-6-5

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Terms and covenants of refunding bonds; negotiability

Official statutory text

Sec. 5. The refunding bonds may be issued in one (1) or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding forty (40) years from their respective dates, may bear interest at any rate, payable annually or at shorter intervals, may be in such denomination or denominations, may be in such form, either coupon or registered, may carry such registration and conversion privileges, may be executed in such manner, may be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, may be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without a premium, may be declared or become due before the maturity date, may provide for the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, stolen, or lost bonds, may be authenticated in such manner and upon compliance with such conditions, and may contain such other terms and covenants, as may be provided by ordinance or resolution of the governing body. Notwithstanding the form or tenor, and in the absence of an express recital on the face thereof that the bond is nonnegotiable, all refunding bonds shall at all times be, and shall be treated as, and have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments for all purposes.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-7-5.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.10.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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